About Torness
Torness is a nuclear power station on the east coast of Scotland, 33 miles east of Edinburgh. It is capable of supplying electricity over 2 million UK homes.
- Station Director: Robert Gunn
- Reactor type: 2 Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors
- Total supply to the national grid: 1190 MW
- Coolant: Carbon dioxide gas (CO2)
- Start of construction: 1980
- Start of generation: 1988
- Estimated end of generation: 2030
- People: Approximately 550 full time EDF Energy employees plus over 180 full time contract partners
Reactor 1
Turbine Generator 1
Status
Next statutory outage
Reactor 2
Turbine Generator 2
Shutdown category
Expected return to service
Status
Next statutory outage
Notes
Nominal full load refers to the nominal maximum generation in megawatts from a reactor. The output from a reactor can fluctuate even when at full load for many reasons (e.g. plant conditions, sea water temperatures, operating limits/constraints etc). Where the output of a reactor is reduced by approximately 10% or more of its maximum, the reason for this will be shown. Generation figures are net of any imports into the station and may be negative when a unit is not generating.
Return to service dates are provided to the same accuracy as provided to National Grid under the requirements of the Grid Code and refer to the first full day of operation. Where a return to service date falls within approximately two weeks of the date of this report, the exact date will be shown. Where a return to service date is expected to fall more than two weeks into the future, the week commencing in which a reactor is due to return to service will be indicated (shown as “w/c”).
Additional information on the availability of our nuclear power stations can be found on our REMIT page.
Community
EDF Energy hold regular meetings (Local Liaison Council or LLC) with local people, the media, council and emergency services pepresentatives and local politicians to maintain regular communications about the nuclear site.
The next LLC is 14 March 2019 at Torness power station.
For more information, contact Ashleigh Dickson, EDF Energy, on +44 (0)1368 873847.
Visit us
Drop into our visitor centre or book a full tour to see for yourself how we generate nuclear energy.
Our visitor centre has an interactive exhibition where you can find out more about nuclear power generation. We also offer pre-booked tours of the power station and it's all free of charge.
Contact us
- Address:
EDF Energy
Torness power station
Torness
Dunbar
East Lothian
EH42 1QS
- Reception: +44 (0)1368 873000
- Media requests: Fiona McCall, +44 (0)1355 846281
- Community requests: Ashleigh Dickson, +44 (0)1368 873847
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